Honey-Coated Baked Chicken with Preserved Lemon
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 onions, peeled and cut in rings
- Two 3 1/2-to-4-pound chickens, each cut into 8 pieces
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup acacia or other flavorful honey
- 3 cups white wine
- 4 whole preserved lemons (see page 171), the skin (including pulp, if you wish) cut in 12 slices each
- 1 handful of black pitted Nicoise olives
- 1 handful of chopped fresh cilantro
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Heat the olive oil in a saute pan, and fry the onions until golden.
- Spoon them into a 9-by-13-inch casserole.
- Season the chicken pieces with salt and freshly ground pepper to taste, and brown them in the same pan.
- Put the pieces, skin side up, on top of the onions in the casserole.
- Smear a little honey on the chicken.
- Pour the wine and remaining honey into a saucepan, and bring to a boil.
- Reduce by half, and pour over the chicken.
- Scatter the lemon pieces and the olives around the chicken.
- Bake, uncovered, for 40 minutes, or until the chicken pieces are cooked through.
- Sprinkle with the fresh cilantro before serving.
olive oil, onions, chickens, salt, acacia, white wine, preserved lemons, handful of black pitted nicoise olives, handful
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/honey-coated-baked-chicken-with-preserved-lemon-373997 (may not work)